[Magdalen] New Jersey ain't purty

[Ann Markle]

I interviewed in Parsippany: close to NYC, not PA. Pretty, though. Dio. of
Newark.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
On Mar 8, 2015 3:03 PM, "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, it's practically in PA, as I remember. Not really urban-urban,
> either. I wouldn't want to live in NJ for a number of reasons, including
> the climate and the governor, but Parsippany was very pleasant.
>
> On Sunday, March 8, 2015, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Parsippany is in the NORTH central part of NJ, at the intersection of
> I-80
> > and I-287. I know as I graduated from Mt. Lakes HS, right next door.
> There
> > certainly weren't restaurants like that when I lived there!
> >
> > North and west of there NJ is rather pretty. (But not as pretty as
> > Vermont, of course!)
> >
> > Chad Wohlers
> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weigel
> > Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 10:23 AM
> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] New Jersey ain't purty
> >
> > Last year S/O had to go to Parsippany, NJ on a business trip in April
> and I
> > rode along. It's in the southwestern part of the state and *is* very
> > pretty, or at least was at that time of year. The weather was perfect for
> > early spring, and I also remember it fondly for two dining experiences,
> one
> > at a small Afghan place, the other at a Moroccan restaurant in a strip
> mall
> > that didn't look like much on the outside, but boy howdy, once you got
> > inside, what a difference....and the food! We seem to have incredible
> luck
> > finding these little gems on the road.
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:03 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >  But the people are lively. And it's in the New York metro
> >> area. The television news is fast and weird. They cover
> >> the arts as if it's news. And the guy in the hotel lobby
> >> is listening to Edith Piaf instead of Billy Ray Cyrus.
> >> Real actual bagels in the breakfast area. And decent
> >> tea.
> >>
> >> Life may or may not be good, but it certainly is interesting.
> >>
> >> Off to the Florence Griswold Museum (a place of pilgrimage
> >> for me) this afternoon, then (God willing) Boston this evening.
> >>
> >> Oh, and speaking of American Impressionism and the
> >> Hudson River School (and Swedenborgianism): George
> >> Inness (the best painter you might never have heard of).
> >> His landscapes were influenced by and expressions of
> >> his Swedenborgian faith. When he painted the sun glinting
> >> through trees, he was speaking as eloquently of God as
> >> Tintoretto or Raphael ever did.
> >> -M
> >>
> >>
> >
>